Factories For Processing Industrial Hemp In Slavonia And Baranja

Industrial hemp is in Slavonia, Baranja and Sriem cultivated for centuries, and was used in human’s nutrition and domestic animals as well as raw homemade, artisan trades, and (later) in the industry. First processing factories of industrial hemp were built in the second half of the XIX century. This paper provides an overview of the establishment and operations hemp processing factories in the region of Slavonia and Baranja since the mid-XIX by the end of the XX century - when the industrial production ceases, and factory are disappearing. At the beginning of the second decade of the XXI century in the world is renewed cultivation and processing of hemp and this interest occurs in the Republic of Croatia. No specific initiatives for the industrial processing of hemp and briefly describe the project idea of renewal one hemp plant in the region Slavonia and Baranja.